[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 61245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29176]



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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS


Adjustment of an Import Restraint Limit for Certain Wool Textile 
Products Produced or Manufactured in Poland


AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a 
limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 30, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naomi Freeman, International Trade 
Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, (202) 482-4212. For information on the quota status of this 
limit, refer to the Quota Status Reports posted on the bulletin boards 
of each Customs port or call (202) 927-5850. For information on 
embargoes and quota re-openings, call (202) 482-3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended; 
section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
1854).

    The current limit for Category 435 is being increased for special 
carryforward, pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated 
November 21, 1995 between the Governments of the United States and 
Poland, the Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round 
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing. As a result, the limit, which is 
currently filled, will re-open.
    A description of the textile and apparel categories in terms of HTS 
numbers is available in the CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel Categories 
with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (see Federal 
Register notice 59 FR 65531, published on December 20, 1994). Also see 
59 FR 62718, published on December 6, 1994.
    The letter to the Commissioner of Customs and the actions taken 
pursuant to it are not designed to implement all of the provisions of 
the November 21, 1995 MOU, Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay 
Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, but are designed to assist 
only in the implementation of certain of their provisions.

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements


Commissioner of Customs,
Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20229.

    Dear Commissioner: This directive amends, but does not cancel, 
the directive issued to you on November 29, 1994, by the Chairman, 
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. That 
directive concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and man-made 
fiber textile products, produced or manufactured in Poland and 
exported during the twelve-month period beginning on January 1, 1995 
and extending through December 31, 1995.
    Effective on November 30, 1995, you are directed, pursuant to a 
Memorandum of Understanding dated November 21, 1995 between the 
Governments of the United States and Poland, to increase the limit 
for Category 435 to 15,506 dozen\1\, as provided for under the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round Agreement on 
Textiles and Clothing (ATC).

    \1\The limit has not been adjusted to account for any imports 
exported after December 31, 1994.
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    The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has 
determined that this action falls within the foreign affairs 
exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1).
    Sincerely,

D. Michael Hutchinson,
Acting Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements.
[FR Doc. 95-29176 Filed 11-28-95; 8:45 am]
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